| Description |
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2008. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
After 9/11, after Katrina, Enron and Baghdad, the robustness of American optimism is struggling to reassert itself against the sobering reality of military frustration and domestic anxieties. This is an America grappling with an un-American sense of its own limits. Turning to fascinating moments in American history to understand the present, connecting legendary presences such as Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ford, and others with contemporary soldiers, businessmen, truckers and politicians. The United States, past and present, facing its moment of truth. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 21st century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Optimism -- United States.
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Scandals -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Schama, Simon.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Simon Schama's The American future |
| ISBN |
1419877410 |
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9781419877414 |
| Standard No. |
883929050499 |
| Music No. |
1000045825 BBC Video |
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